Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840), Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien. Berichte Verhandlungen Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 201 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: In mari baltico Dr Michaelis detexit, in boreali ipse legi.

Claparede, E. & Lachman, J. (1859), Etudes sur les infusoires, Ordre III Infusoires cilio-flagelles. Memoire de l'Institut National Genevois 6: 397 Legend to pl. XIX [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratium tripos var. macroceros (Ehrenb.) Clap. & J.Lachm. legitimate

Cleve, P.T. (1899), Plankton collected by the Swedish expedition to Spitzbegen in 1898. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 32 (3): 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenb.) Cleve legitimate

Huisman, J.M. (1989), The genus Ceratium (Dinophyceae) in Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenb.) Cleve legitimate

ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]

McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenb.) Cleve legitimate

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos muelleri var. macroceros F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 12 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos macroceros F.Gómez nom. inval.

Hallegraeff, G. et al. (2020), The marine planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos: 60 years of species-level distributions in Australian waters. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 396 [basionym]

basionym of: Tripos macroceros (Ehrenb.) Hallegr. & Huisman legitimate

Gómez, F. (2021), Speciation and infrageneric classification in the planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Current Chinese Science 1(3): 368 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos macroceros (Ehrenb.) Hallegr. & Huisman legitimate

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